Siege damage against heroes increased from 75% to 85% Towers and Siege units do approximately 13% more damage to heroes.E.g. Level 1 towers' damage against heroes effectively increased from 82.5 to 93.5.

Hero base HP increased from 150 to 180

Creeps now arrive slightly closer to the top dire tower and bottom Radiant tower

Random Draft hero pool increased from 24 to 50

Added Random Draft to Ranked Matchmaking

Random Draft now uses the same picking mechanics as Ranked All Pick

Centaur Courser now has a stacking magic resistance aura (20% for units, 5% for heroes)This is the small neutral from the Centaur Camp.

Hellbear now has a stacking magic resistance aura (20% for units, 5% for heroes)This is the small neutral from the Hellbear Camp.

Dragonhide Aura's stackable armor increased from 2 to 3

Ancient Dragons armor reduced by 1

Ancient neutrals now behave like normal neutrals and split experience with all heroes in the AoE

Added a new ability to Ancient Black Dragon, Fireball

Fireball=======

Targets an area and hurls a fire blast towards it, igniting the 300 AoE area for 10 seconds. Deals 85 damage per second.

Marksmanship now causes her attacks to splinter on the target and split into two arrows affecting two random units in a 375 radius. The splintered arrows deal 50% damage each. Primary target still takes full damage.

Due to hero redesigns, the following heroes have been removed from Captain's Mode for a short period:
Death Prophet, Doom, Faceless Void, Lone Druid, Riki and Winter Wyvern.

Most of these will return to Captain's Mode in a subsequent 6.86b/c patch.

Replaced Backtrack with a new ability, Time Dilation

Time Dilation=======

Applies a debuff to all nearby enemies (650 AoE) for 6/7/8/9 seconds. Causes time to be frozen on all enemy abilities, causing their cooldowns to make no progress while they have this debuff. Slows movement and attack speed by 4/6/8/10% for each locked ability.

Cooldown: 34/28/22/16Mana cost: 50

Timewalk no longer slows units

Timewalk now undoes any damage taken in the last 2 seconds

Timewalk cooldown rescaled from 19/17/15/13 to 24/18/12/6

Timewalk mana cost reduced from 90 to 40

Timewalk range reduced from 700/900/1100/1300 to 550

Timewalk cast point reduced from 0.35 to 0.2

[[gyrocopter]]

Call Down's first missile damage reduced from 250/300/350 to 220/285/350

[[huskar]]

Berserker's Blood bonuses are provided linearly from full until 10% HP (rather than stepwise at 7% increments)

Does not root or hurt the ally, but purges and applies the effect in the area

False Promise no longer continuously dispels after the initial cast

It previously continuously removed all debuffs including stuns

False Promise duration increased from 6/7/8 to 7/8/9

False Promise cooldown rescaled from 80/60/40 to 90/60/30

False Promise mana cost reduced from 200 to 100

[[obsidian_destroyer]]

Reworked how Astral Imprisonment works

Astral Imprisonment now deals damage to enemies in an area around the target when it ends. The target itself will also take damage, if it is an enemy. Deals 75/150/225/300 magic damage. Affects a 400 area. You are only hurt once by this AoE with Scepter.

Reduces cooldown of Meat Hook to 4 seconds and increases damage from 360 to 475.

Note: No longer grants previous Scepter bonuses.

Dismember damage from 75/125/175 to 60/90/120 +30/40/50% of strength

Dismember now heals you for the damage it does

[[pugna]]

Decrepify no longer slows allies

[[queenofpain]]

Scream of Pain damage reduced from 85/165/225/300 to 75/150/225/300

Sonic Wave travel speed reduced from 1100 to 900

[[riki]]

Temporarily removed from Captain's Mode

Due to hero redesigns, the following heroes have been removed from Captain's Mode for a short period:
Death Prophet, Doom, Faceless Void, Lone Druid, Riki and Winter Wyvern.

Most of these will return to Captain's Mode in a subsequent 6.86b/c patch.

Reworked Permanent Invisibility to include Backstab

Permanent Invisibility============

Riki grants 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0 damage when attacking from behind.

Invisibility Fade Time: 6/5/4/3 seconds

Note: No longer grants 6/8/10/12 HP regeneration

Blink Strike back to basic ability without charges

Damage: 20/40/60/80Cooldown: 16/12/8/4Mana cost: 50

Added a new ultimate for Riki, Tricks of the Trade

Tricks of the Trade============

Riki phases out of the world for up to 3/4/5 seconds, attacking every enemy from behind in a 450 area around him. He attacks once when phasing out and then once per second while being phased out.
Can be cancelled any time.

Requiem of Souls waves now return back to Shadow Fiend dealing 40% damage on the way back.

All of the damage the Requiem does to heroes on its way back heals you.

Base armor reduced by 1

Shadow Raze mana cost increased from 75 to 90

[[shadow_shaman]]

Shackles total damage increased from 120/180/240/300 to 120/200/280/360

Mass Serpent Wards require 2 hits to destroy

Previously had 135/150/150 hp

[[silencer]]

Replaced Curse of the Silent with a new ability, Arcane Curse

Arcane Curse=======

Targets an area, causes enemies to take damage over time. Anytime they cast a spell, the duration of the debuff is increased. If an enemy affected by this debuff is silenced, the debuff will pause (no damage and no time elapses).

Duration: 7 secondsStacking Duration: 4 seconds (anytime a spell is cast, this is added to the duration)DPS: 14/21/28/35

Cooldown: 18/16/14/12Mana cost: 75/95/115/135Radius: 425

Affects Creeps.

Note: Spell cast means the same stuff as CotS rules were, stuff that procs magic stick and isn't an item.

Glaives of Wisdom is no longer a Unique Attack Modifier

[[skywrath_mage]]

Concussive Shot mana cost reduced from 110 to 95

[[slardar]]

Amplify Damage now only reveals the target rather than the area around it

Causes Gush to become a ground targeted wave ability that travels for 1800 range.

AoE: 240Projectile speed: 1500Cooldown: 7

Anchor Smash cast time reduced from 0.5 to 0.4

Ravage stun duration rescaled from 2.02/2.32/2.77 to 2.0/2.4/2.8

[[shredder]]

Whirling Death debuff duration increased from 7 to 11

Whirling Death mana cost decreased from 70/80/90/100 to 70

Reactive Armor duration rescaled from 16 to 14/16/18/20

[[tinker]]

Laser cast time improved from 0.53 to 0.4

Laser cast range increased from 550 to 650

[[tiny]]

Craggy Exterior now triggers on attacks landing, rather than on start

[[treant]]

Leech Seed mana cost reduced from 100/110/120/130 to 80/95/110/125

Overgrowth AoE increased from 675 to 800

Scepter Overgrowth damage and vision AoE increased from 700 to 800

[[troll_warlord]]

Fervor reduced from 20/25/30/35 to 15/20/25/30

Fervor max stacks increased from 4 to 6

Ranged Whirling Axes cooldown reduced from 20/19/18/17 to 20/18/16/14

[[tusk]]

Movement speed reduced from 305 to 300

Ice Shards damage reduced from 70/140/210/280 to 60/120/180/240

Snowball can no longer pull units out of Blackhole or Chronosphere

Snowball gather radius reduced from 400 to 350

[[undying]]

Tombstone Zombie damage reduced from 35 to 33

Tombstone bounty increased from 75/100/125/150 to 125/150/175/200

Tombstone no longer grants 44 XP

[[ursa]]

Scepter added to Ursa

Allows you to cast your ultimate while disabled and reduces cooldown from 50/40/30 to 30/24/18 seconds.

Enrage is no longer purgeable

[[vengefulspirit]]

Added Scepter bonus to Vengeful Spirit

Causes you to spawn a Vengeance Illusion when you die. The Vengeance Illusion deals 50% damage, takes 150% damage, and is able to use all of your abilities (but not items). The Vengeance Illusion lasts until she revives.

Note: Still grants previous Scepter bonuses to Netherswap.

[[venomancer]]

Venomous Gale cooldown reduced from 22 to 21/20/19/18

[[visage]]

Stone Form AoE increased from 340 to 350

[[warlock]]

Base strength increased by 4

Shadow Word duration increased from 11 to 12 seconds

[[weaver]]

Base damage increased by 3

The Swarm Beetles' Base Attack Time improved from 1.4/1.25/1.1/0.95 to 1.25/1.1/0.95/0.8

[[windrunner]]

Shackleshot is now disjointable

Shackleshot speed increased from 1515 to 1650

Shackleshot angle reduced from 26 degrees to 23 degrees

Powershot speed no longer decreases by a small amount as it goes through units

[[winter_wyvern]]

Temporarily removed from Captain's Mode

Due to hero redesigns, the following heroes have been removed from Captain's Mode for a short period:
Death Prophet, Doom, Faceless Void, Lone Druid, Riki and Winter Wyvern.

Most of these will return to Captain's Mode in a subsequent 6.86b/c patch.

Cold Embrace cooldown increased from 17/16/15/14 to 24/21/18/15

Arctic Burn slow reduced from 25/30/35/40% to 19/26/33/40%

Winter's Curse primary and secondary units are now immune to all damage from their enemies

Winter's Curse secondary units now have 50 attack speed bonus

Winter's Curse AoE increased increased from 400 to 500

Winter's Curse cooldown increased from 110/100/90 to 120/110/100

Winter's Curse duration increased from 2.5/3/3.5 to 3.25/4/4.75

Fixed Winter's Curse lingering if the primary target died

[[witch_doctor]]

Maledict mana cost reduced from 120 to 105/110/115/120

Maledict cast range increased from 525 to 575

[[skeleton_king]]

Vampiric Aura can now be toggled to make the lifesteal for heroes only

Observer and Sentry Wards now have an AoE indicator before placingThey also use a new UI for placement

[[ward_observer]]

Experience bounty increased from 50 to 100

[[octarine_core]]

Now affects the replenish time of charged abilities

[[orb_of_venom]]

Orb of Venom is no longer a Unique Attack Modifier

[[phase_boots]]

Phase active no longer cancels when casting

Movement speed reduced by 5 and total cost reduced by 50 (see Boots of Speed changes)
This applies to the following:Boots of Speed, Arcane Boots, Phase Boots, Power Treads and Tranquil Boots

[[power_treads]]

Movement speed reduced by 5 and total cost reduced by 50 (see Boots of Speed changes)
This applies to the following:Boots of Speed, Arcane Boots, Phase Boots, Power Treads and Tranquil Boots

[[quelling_blade]]

Cost reduced from 225 to 200

[[ring_of_protection]]

Cost reduced from 200 to 175

Armor bonus reduced from 3 to 2

[[rod_of_atos]]

Cripple cooldown increased from 10 to 12

Cripple now grants units that attack the target 40% accuracy

This means that targets attacking that unit will not miss 40% of the time.

[[sange]]

Maim no longer pierces Spell Immunity

[[sange_and_yasha]]

Greater Maim no longer pierces Spell Immunity

[[satanic]]

Duration increased from 4 to 4.5

[[sheepstick]]

Hex cooldown reduced from 30 to 25

[[silver_edge]]

Silver Edge debuff is no longer dispellable

[[basher]]

Strength bonus increased from 8 to 10

Bash damage increased from 60 to 120

Damage reduced from 25 to 10

The following items are related in their changes with bonus damage and proc damage being modified: Abyssal Blade, Javelin, Monkey King Bar, and Skull Basher

[[smoke_of_deceit]]

Cost reduced from 100 to 50

[[tango]]

Boosted Tangoes now last for double the duration instead of providing double the healing rate

Using Tango on Iron Branch trees provides double healing duration

[[tranquil_boots]]

Tranquil Boots armor reduced from 4 to 3

Movement speed reduced by 5
This applies to the following:Boots of Speed, Arcane Boots, Phase Boots, Power Treads and Tranquil Boots

[[vanguard]]

Vanguard chance from 75% to block 40/20 to 100% to block 32/16

[[veil_of_discord]]

Now requires 2x Robe of the Magi instead of a 900 recipe (Int bonus increased by 12)

[[vitality_booster]]

Added to Side Shop

[[ultimate_orb]]

Removed from Side Shop

[[yasha]]

Movement speed bonus reduced from 10% to 8%
Sange and Yasha and Manta are unchanged

YTTERLIGARE ÄNDRINGAR

Updated the Dashboard Top Bar:

The Armory has been moved from within the Heroes tab to its own top level button (next to the quit button)

The Armory now has a New Items preview panel when hovered

Custom Games can now be found inside of the Arcade tab

There is now a top level Store tab, which includes featured items, top sellers, new releases, spotlighted treasures, and items on sale

The Treasury has been moved to within the Store tab

Updated ARDM game mode:

Fixed various ARDM-related client crashes

When selling items in ARDM, you now get 85% of the purchase price

You can now see your next hero (and skill up) as soon as your current hero dies

Fixes in the Steam client released on Thursday, Dec 10:

Fixed a problem that could cause frame rate hitches, especially for players subscribed to a large number of hero guides

Added a mechanism to Steam for Dota to tell it when you are in a match, so Steam should not patch the game. Steam never downloads updates to the game, or custom game items that have already been completely installed, once you launch Dota. This change ensures that Steam will also not update Dota if you exit the game or crash and try to relaunch Dota.

Added an option for specifying whether you always want to hear the default respawn music, even when using a music pack

Private lobbies can now set how pause is available in game: Unlimited where any player can pause, Limited where players have limited amount of pauses, and Disabled for no pauses allowed

Added a new targeting UI for unit-AOE abilities

Chatting "lmao" now causes your hero to laugh

Fountain Healing now shows a buff icon during its duration

Fixed a bug where picking "None" for a stat didn't stick on Profile Cards

Added a "Clear" button that lets you clear a slot on your Profile Card

Added an item details page to show features of items available for purchase including item description, brand and associated league information, items that are contained within bundles, demo mode, and ability icons and other modifiers associated with the items

Improved the appearance of Prismatic Gems in the armory

Spectator Gems now show the logo of the team they are associated with in the armory

In the Customize screen, It is now possible to select all items in the same set as a particular item by right-clicking on the item icon and choosing 'Select Set Items'

Fixed particles not appearing in the Hero Loadout and in-game Hero Picker screens for some of Terrorblade's Demon Form items

Fixed a bug where the arcana of Legion Commander, Shadow Fiend, and Techies looked incorrect in the in-game hero picker screen

Fixed a bug where Terrorblades' Demon Form items would not correctly pick up the arcana color gem color in the Customize screen

Fixed a bug where the friends menu sometimes clipped elements off of the end